This award, sponsored by the Friends of Humanities, is given to the junior in Humanities with the highest grade point average. The calculation is made after the end of the spring semester of junior year, and the winner is notified at that time. We celebrate the winner at the end of senior year.
This is award is given to a senior student for academic excellence in the Humanities.
This award for the best senior project in the School of Humanities is named for Jim Greenwood, the founder of the Friends of Humanities.
The Dina Reutershan Epstein Award is given to honor the memory of Rosalie Reutershan’s beloved daughter. In the spirit of Dina’s life, the award goes to a Humanities student who shows achievement in one or more of the following areas: community service, academic accomplishment, ability to overcome obstacles, or other criteria which make the student exceptional.
The Bell Chevigny Prize in the Humanities for Feminist Studies honors Dr. Bell Gale Chevigny, who retired in 1997 after a long career at Purchase teaching American literature and women’s studies. Author of The Woman and The Myth: Margaret Fuller’s Life and Writings, Professor Chevigny recently edited the anthology Doing Time: 25 Years of Prison Writing.
The Scharfman Award to honor excellent work in diaspora studies was endowed by Evin and Carol Rubin on the occasion of Professor Ronnie Scharfman’s retirement in 2009. Dr. Scharfman was a professor of French and Literature, and a pioneer in post-colonial studies.
